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    New Norcia solar

    ESA’s deep-space ground station at New Norcia, Western Australia, is now being powered in part by sunlight, thanks to a new solar power ‘farm’ completed in August 2017

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    • Title New Norcia solar
    • Released 28/11/2017 2:25 pm
    • Copyright ESA/D. O'Donnell, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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      ESA’s deep-space ground station at New Norcia, Western Australia, is now being powered in part by sunlight, thanks to a new solar power ‘farm’ completed in August 2017.

      The farm has 840 photovoltaic panels arranged in five double rows with a rated capacity of 250 kW. This is expected to generate 470 MWh of electricity annually, about 40% of the station’s annual needs and equal to the electricity needed to power 134 typical households.

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    • Activity Operations
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    • Location New Norcia, New Norcia, Australia
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